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In order to support young academics, the VAD has been awarding a young academics prize at the VAD conference every two years since 2004. This prize honours outstanding qualification work by young academics (master’s, diploma, doctorate, etc.) with a focus on Africa. We are very pleased to be able to honour the following people for

Der Ausschuss „Sahel“ der Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland VAD hat sich im Jahr 2020 gegründet, weil der westliche militärische und zivile Einsatz im Sahel aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht mit schweren strategischen und operativen Fehlern behaftet ist und die vorhandene akademische und zivilgesellschaftliche Evidenz über Krisenursachen politisch nicht berücksichtigt wurde. In diesem Sinne kommentieren wir die

The Global Africa project aims to create and permanently establish a journal of excellence anchored on the African continent.

The Open Access Network has a new information page on Open Access in African Studies!

n the new “Directions and Provocations in African Studies 2022” collection, Taylor & Francis offers free access to over 60 journal articles across 12 sections until 31 January 2023.

The German Embassy in Cameroon has denied the Schengen-visa applications of three Cameroonian academics who were set to travel to Germany in order to participate in a workshop on the restitution of colonial objects at the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich. The Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD) protests against this move by German authorities as these

The German Embassy in Cameroon has denied the Schengen-visa applications of three Cameroonian academics who were set to travel to Germany in order to participate in a workshop on the restitution of colonial objects at the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich. The Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD) protests against this move by German authorities as these

CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) is one of the pioneers for open access publications of Africa-related research.

This week, as part of the series on online resources in African Studies, we recommend Ituĩka, a literary platform devoted to African languages and translation.

Dear Colleagues, The Call for Papers is now open for the upcoming VAD2022 (Association for African Studies in Germany – Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland) conference Africa-Europe: reciprocal perspectives. The conference will take place on June 7 – 10, 2022 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, hosted by the newly founded Africa Centre for Transregional Research